Ahmedabad: Gir is facing a problem of plenty because against the population of 121 lionesses, it has the capacity to hold only 76 breeding lionesses within the forest area.
The study revealed that the average territory size of a breeding group of lionesses was about 33 sq km. Going by these statistics, Gir Protected Area could support about 58 breeding units having a density of about three breeding groups per 100 sq km.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/gir-forest-can-house-about-76-breeding-lionesses
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-ahmedabad
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gujarat
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gir-np
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lion
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
